Answer: question mark

Mar 16, 2009 22:18

tejas asks: Should the sentence "Are you really sure you want to do that or would you rather live another day" end with with a period or a question mark?

Punctuation marks are cues to the reader as to how the text should sound. Commas indicate pauses, exclamation points indicate loudness or excitement, and question marks indicate the rise or fall of ( Read more... )

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tejas March 17 2009, 20:20:24 UTC
See, in my head, the last part was actually a threat. :-) As in, "if you *do* that, I will *kill* you dead!" :-)

But thanks! I just needed to find some way to quiet down the voices of my elementary school teachers in my head. :-)

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green_grrl March 18 2009, 03:50:28 UTC
some way to quiet down the voices of my elementary school teachers in my head

That's what we're here for! :D

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tejas March 18 2009, 03:54:24 UTC
And we thank you for it.:-)

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